Various & Sundry, Open Thread

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Good evening, friends.

Here’s a quick round-up of earthling happenings tonite:

Obama’s sent his jobs plan to Congress. The $467-billion proposal includes cutting back on deductions for individuals earning at least $200,000 a year, or for families earning $250,000 or more.

In other news, 50 exoplanets have been found.

A little perspective:


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  • Anonymous

    just wanted to say hello. i dont know how the president does it… he has so much strength.. stamina… i exhausted just from working in the studio…painting… i cant even imagine his schedule.. out there trying to sell the jobs bill. anyway hello to everyone.. this is my very first comment here.. :-)

    • Anonymous

      hi hardart! Good to see you!

    • Anonymous

      good to see you hardart! what have you been painting? :)

      • Anonymous

        working on a series of 8 smallish paintings (36″x31″) based on the horizon line. symbol based abstractions.. mostly dealing with ideas of decay, memory, memorial, and mythologies of the american west… lol…. but having a hard time in the studio today… ruined two paintings but i think i might just make them about ugliness.. a common theme for me is the battle between the destructive impulse and beauty/ redemption..

        • Anonymous

          that’s beautiful hardart! but sorry to hear about the ruined paintings — sounds like they will serve as pieces about transformation/metamorphosis. :)

  • Anonymous

    On the Jobs Bill, sigh! I don’t even know if I want to think about it. It is necessary, although one provision makes me a little squeamish, but I’m just so tired out by Republican obstructionism. Will it be interesting to see the tricks they will play or will they support this because it is the right thing to do? More teaparty shenigans?

    • Anonymous

      It will be interesting, indeed. Election season is nigh. May better angels prevail.

  • Anonymous

    testing testing … yes this open thread is ok.

    • Anonymous

      Thank you sberel. I’m not sure what the best way would be to facilitate a discussion regarding a possible blogathon when the DK boycott is over. Who would lead it? How would it work? What would govern it, etc. Is there enough of a stakeholder buy-in, etc….

      Hopefully others will chime in.

      • Anonymous

        PDNC is really good at organizing blogathons. I am not sure we have enough people at this discussion – just now – to have a fruitful discussion.

        • Anonymous

          No, there aren’t and there may not be many interested. The blogosphere is a diverse place. DK is one of many venues.

          As I commented in response to princss in the other thread, I do believe we need to support blogs run by poc and blogs that focus on poc issues.